Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-05-26
THE OIL WELL RIG.
Description and Cost Of the Same
Contractor Wolf Thinks the Pros.
poets Excellent.

TO the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, May 2l.-I noticed
in your issue of q few days ago
description of drilling well or rig.
In your description several mistakes
were noticed, which / would like
to correct for the benefit Of the
citizens generally, and in order to do
so it will be necessary for me to give
you brief description of rig for
drilling deep well. In the first
place l will give you bill Of timbers
and lumber necessary to build a m
plete rig for drilling deep hole:
LIST OF TIMBERs.
pieces 16xI6, 20 feet long, called sub
sills.
pieces lex16, IA feet long, called mud
sills.
piece 16x1s, 80 feet long, called the
main sill.
piece l6xls, l6 feet long, called mud
sills.
plcCcS lOAIOy 10 lttt lOuss, NafiCu ldCh
and sampson hard wood posts.
Spices l0xl0. 20 feet long, called der
rick sills.
pieces l2xl2, 10 feet long, called
sampson post-braces.
2 pieces 12xl2, l2 feet long, called
braces, hard wood.
piece l5xl5, IA feet long, called bull
wheel shaft.
piece 1sx20, 8 feet long, called jack
posts.
piece sxl0, 10 feet long, called braces
/ piece 6xs, "a feet long, called brace
from engine to main sill.
walking beam 26 feet long, "a in
ches through center and IL inches square
at end.
As pieces 2xl0, l6 feet long.
25 pieces 2x6, l6 feet long.
6pieces 2x12, Is feet long.
10 pieces 2x10, Is feet long.
pieces 2x6, Is feet long.
8 pieces 2x6, 20 feet long.
7pi 'ces 2x10, 90 feet long.
lSpieces 2x4, l6 feet long.
IA pieces 2X4, IL feet long.
so pieces Ike, l6 feet long.
25 pieces lxl2, l6 feet long.
2pleces 6xS, IA feet long.
piece exs, l6 feet long.
pieces 6x6, 16 feet long.
900 feet 90 feet 2 inch plank for derrick
floor.
$500 feet l6 feet inch, best quality Of
boards.
1900 feet Is feet inch, best quality of
| boards.
1900 feet IA feet inch, best quality OF
boards.
1pitman 4xlo, - feet long.
This completes the whole amount
o. lumber and timbers necessary foi
building complete rig. 1t also re-
quires set of the. extra heavy rig
irons which cost SIPS at the manu-.
factories. The rig complete, count
ing labor for building same, cost
here at Mexico over $500. My oh
ject in giving you this statement j!
that people and companies who de
sire to drill! wells not having any
knowledge of the magnitude of th'
rig, wonder why it cost so much t.
drill well.
The machinery consists Of one 20
horse power engine which cost deliv
cred here about S400; one 25-horst
power boiler which cost delivered
here $3.50; one 10 inch five-ply belt
100 feet long which cost G5 cents
per foot, 200 feet of 2 irch pipe cos
20 cents per foot, 800 feet of incl
pipe cost 10 cents per foot. Con
nections for rigging up and putting
machinery together 5000; drilling
tools necessary $4,000, ropes 5000
The drilling cable used is $500 fee,
long. 2 1-S inches in diameter ant
weighs 4,400 pounds. The bano
wheel is 10 and one-half feet in diam
eter, the size is TO give the engine
more power when the we'll is deep as
it is required to swing the 4 ,40(
pounds cable with the tools attached
at the lower end The tools Will weigl
when drilling $500 pounds; can drill
from 10 to 100 feet per day, depends
on the nature of the rock. Some il
hard and some soft; hope shall fine
it soft in this well. After the bee
rock is reached VIC never encounte
anything but solid rock as deep a
can be drilled. l have drilled 15t
we'll sand have never started a we'll
did not complete; have been drillin,
wells for the past "a years. I wis
to state that my contract with th
Mexico Mining Company forbids m
to give sny information to any pei
son except the board of directors i
regard to the nature of material drill
led through. The directors talk yer
strongly of resembling this part Of th
contract and hope they will do 8
as it makes it very unpleasant for me
as 1 like to treat people civil, an
tanswer any and all questions asked
As the drilling business is sometbin
new in this vicinity, people like {
know what are the hidden treasurer
underneath their farms and propert,
which is very natural. / am we
pleased with the people Of Mexic
and also the formations found as IA
as we have drilled. / do not &c
; much Of a change from where hay
: drilled and got some very large o
wells. ! will close for the presen
, will give you more information late
A. w. WOLF.
: Gull Your Stock.
Il From the Rural World.
Call the farm stock of every kin